Ben Carson Drops Out After Not Attending Republican Debate

After an announcement about his campaign on Tuesday night many speculated that it would only be a matter of time before Dr. Ben Carson dropped out of the race for the Republican primary election. Carson has been pulling a low number of votes in each state election and the votes were not enough to compete with GOP front runners, Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. On Thursday, at the GOP debate in Michigan, Carson was noticeably absent from the stage. On Friday, Carson dropped out after not attending the Republican debate.

"I do not see a political path forward in light of last evening's Super Tuesday primary results," Carson said.

Carson did not formally drop out of the race with that statement, but due to its negative tone and nature, it gave plenty of people a fair warning that the candidate was not far behind from dropping out of the race. Given his record in the primary election, it was only due time.

In a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference taking place outside of Washington, D.C., Carson spoke of voter turnout in the recent primary elections: